##### <center> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PrJQeKl9w4&feature=em-uploademail

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##### <center> Andreas M. Antonopoulos is an early pioneer, adopter & educator in the Bitcoin/Crypto space if you have not heard of him. 

##### <center> He routinely puts out some of the best information going.  He speaks plainly and simply with some humour! 

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> What prevents governments from taking control of exchanges, just as they have seized gold in the past? 

> They can take over centralised exchanges, but a significant number of people do not store their bitcoins on exchanges long-term (your keys, your money), so that would not enable them to control the network. They may come after people who they can see have bought bitcoin from exchanges, but that will just drive the entire economy underground. 

> Rather than simply buying bitcoin with your bank account, you will have to barter or offer services and be paid in bitcoin. Anywhere that bitcoin is banned, the spread will increase. Premium prices and smuggling. 

> Until the levels are equalized, the more it will continue to flow into a giant underground market. Foreign currency controls. Russian history. Bribery and corruption. Venezuela and India examples of Gresham's law. DEA agents stealing bitcoin from the Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht case. Making a mockery of the law. 

> If breaking the law is the difference between feeding your kids or watching them starve, no one gives a damn about the law and nothing will stop them. Let them go after the exchanges, because they're going to create exactly the premium that's going to drive an enormous black market. 

> "Black market" is just another word for 'unofficial' market.


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#### <center> Hardware, Software, Trustware - 

https://youtu.be/Etyjc1JdmFU

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https://youtu.be/Aji_E9sw0AE

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https://youtu.be/OWI5-AVndgk


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#### <center> Investing in Education instead of Speculation - 

https://youtu.be/6uXAbJQoZlE


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https://youtu.be/Plu_WX3Gs8E

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#### <center> Initial coin offerings (ICOs) - 

https://youtu.be/Q5R8KuxV4A0

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#### <center> The token ICO explosion - 

https://youtu.be/vdaW8NtJXuQ

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https://youtu.be/slbpdW-H3yk

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#### <center> Irreversibility and consumer protection - 

https://youtu.be/R107YWu5XzU

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#### <center> How much bitcoin do you have? - 

https://youtu.be/DJtM9mR7cOU

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#### <center> TheDao: Why failure is necessary for learning - 

https://youtu.be/2KZTx8IYc9s

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https://youtu.be/ntoJNuzlTSA


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##### <center> The Lightning Network - 

https://youtu.be/vPnO9ExJ50A

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##### <center> Lightning, full nodes, and miners - 

https://youtu.be/dlJG4OHdJzs

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##### <center> Bitcoin & Blockchain in Norway -

https://youtu.be/5ODDCx6VL2Y

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##### <center> What happens to transaction fees when the block reward is zero? - 

https://youtu.be/FffX32ENGKc

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##### <center> Rules vs. Rulers - 

https://youtu.be/9EEluhC9SxE

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##### <center> Governance and the transaction fee market - 

https://youtu.be/gdknUUVOdHU

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##### <center> Scaling is a moving target - 

https://youtu.be/pT9kJq_Ogrk

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##### <center> Why we should worry about optimization, not scaling -

 https://youtu.be/J3sEcuCc9fg

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##### <center> Altcoins and the scaling debate - 

https://youtu.be/slbpdW-H3yk

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##### <center> The Scaling Rites of Passage - 

https://youtu.be/rZi86_ovB3Y

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##### <center> Is Bitcoin development centralised? - 

https://youtu.be/7hm4Ro4wdTk

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The separation of money and state -

 https://youtu.be/jGmtRA9S7_Y

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##### <center> The end of vampire-squid financing -

 https://youtu.be/yyXOQG5iNWo

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Why we should worry about optimisation, not scaling - https://youtu.be/J3sEcuCc9fg
The Lightning Network - https://youtu.be/vPnO9ExJ50A
Lightning, full nodes, and miners - https://youtu.be/dlJG4OHdJzs
Bitcoin, Lightning, and Streaming Money - https://youtu.be/gF_ZQ_eijPs
Rules vs. Rulers - https://youtu.be/9EEluhC9SxE
The Scaling Rites of Passage - https://youtu.be/rZi86_ovB3Y
Altcoins and the scaling debate - https://youtu.be/slbpdW-H3yk
Unlimited vs. Cypherpunks - https://youtu.be/5adgo4-32HU



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### QUESTION & ANSWER:


Scaling is a moving target - https://youtu.be/pT9kJq_Ogrk
ICOs and financial regulation - https://youtu.be/Plu_WX3Gs8E

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### <center>  RELATED:


What happens to our bitcoins during a hard fork? - https://youtu.be/sNR76fWd7-0
The dangers of hard forks in protocol evolution - https://youtu.be/vxEHRvhJKvA
Hard forks and the cultural mulligan - https://youtu.be/KT-7APasANI
Open source as cross-pollination & consensus through collaboration - https://youtu.be/JTHV6PA-Dw8
The Lion and the Shark: Divergent Evolution in Cryptocurrency - https://youtu.be/d0x6CtD8iq4
Bitcoin: A new species of money - an evolutionary perspective on currency - https://youtu.be/G-25w7Zh8zk
Evolving layered technologies in cryptocurrecy - https://youtu.be/13Iff4d3p3k
The Scaling Rites of Passage - https://youtu.be/rZi86_ovB3Y
Ethereum: Consensus vs. Immutability - https://youtu.be/OGGW9ozE-ys
LTB Live: TheDAO, ETH, Soft-Fork, DoS and what's next - https://youtu.be/epWjD6mlBVs
Unlimited vs. Cypherpunks - https://youtu.be/5adgo4-32HU


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Website: https://antonopoulos.com/    

He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

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